Ombre Photoshoot

Charlotte's Galaxy fabric - Photoshoot

Funky Little Waistcoat

Tailored but slouchy, this waistcoat is taking shape. Should be finished by tomorrow, along with the jeans I have just dyed. 2 Garments down, 7 to go !!

After the final crit on May 12th I will find out if my collection is going to be in the show and for sale in Beales. Below: Dress toile, now on it's way in silk cotton

Another Textiles Collaboration

Today I worked with Charlotte from Textiles to help her create a dress for her final project. 

Charlotte had printed some space inspired fabric and as for the shape, our inspiration was this amazing dress from all saints.

Here's what we came up with. It flows on the bias of the fabric, with a boned corset style under-structure and raw edges. Charlotte is now going to bead it and next week we will do a photoshoot for it.

The pictures just don't do it justice!

all saints reference:

http://www.allsaintsshop.co.uk/product/parachute_dress/?searchtext=&category_id=22&page=1&position=50&all=1

REASA SMITH Logo

My first development of a logo for REASA SMITH

This will be used for my Professional Project

I will use ultra to print labels and tags for the garments.

Colours will change dependent on how it suits the collection. I may also change the wording so 'Ombre for Beales' is less prominent.

The following was inspired by oriental art as seen at Freer and Sackler Gallery, Washington DC

Wedding Bunting

Our wedding has a Bohemian theme which doesn't just inspire my dress and style - but also the look of the whole event. We have found a gorgeous garden, not too formal with a rustic country feel to it. We are having a BBQ and barn dance, and decorating the place with this bunting I have started to make.

Using garden string (29p for 500yards, Wilko) I plaited it into a rope and machine stitched the triangle flags on. Each night or so I bead another flag to build up a nice variety of colours and styles. We are going to collect tall sticks to use as poles for the bunting.

Top middle photo and bottom left from google images

All others my own